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9 Extremely Cringey Moments From Trump's America That Flew Under The Radar This Week
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Any one of these things would’ve been front-page news in normal times. As a Senior Editor at BuzzFeed, I cover books and politics, and I also created the daily vocabulary-boosting word game SAT Scramble. Trump sent in a pre-recorded video for the Rededicate 250 blasphemy fest instead of speaking in person, and he still could barely read it cogently (also, note him covering up the disfigured back of his right hand) pic.twitter.com/yhf7Gc3WEc Two hundred and fifty years ago today — on May 17th, 1776 — the Second Continental Congress called for a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer.Today, exactly 250 years later, we gather to do the same. To humbly ask once more for God's mercy and guidance — as we enter the next… pic.twitter.com/NS1tzIRYTd From our country’s beginning, for as long as America has embodied freedom and exceptionalism, the soul of our nation has been rooted in the Christian faith.Today we gather, as our forefathers did on this day centuries ago, to rededicate our nation to God. pic.twitter.com/xVFt8n9IHL Speaker at the Trump-endorsed Rededicate 250 ceremony claims God made Trump president so Trump could build the White House ballroom pic.twitter.com/x7mZIE5ZUj JD Vance: "If you want to rebuilt the American dream for the next generation, vote against the crazy leadership in Washington DC" pic.twitter.com/w4gpJetSM2 GOP Vice Chair Blake Moore:"Our Republican priority will always be to put government ahead of Americans." pic.twitter.com/VUlaCnnN0c Q: The DOJ has a new fund that was announced today -- $1.7 billion. Why should taxpayers pay for the January 6ers?TRUMP: Well, it's been very well received, I have to tell you. I know very little about it. I wasn't involved in the whole creation of it. This is reimbursing… pic.twitter.com/FNCzO7C0t1 Q: Do you have a response to people who are critical of your settlement over the IRS case?TRUMP: It was the most violent thing I've ever seen in politics -- what they did. And yet if I say, 'let's look at this one,' they say, 'Weaponization! Weaponization!' We think anybody… pic.twitter.com/iS0Duy0s5d Q: Are you attending your son's wedding this weekend?Trump: Uhh... he'd like me to go. I'm gonna try and make it. This is not good timing for me. pic.twitter.com/6XvOlVAF9a Wonder what he's got planned this weekend? Do I even want to know?